Fish that don't jump?

[ShAgMaN]

I've had the clowns for several years with no jumping. Then I added a tang and it frightened the clowns and suddenly they jumped like once a day. Got rid of the tang and no more jumping.
Really depends on what else is going on in there

Ya, but my clown was the only guy in the tank. He had been in there for over a month with no issues. Weird thing is he commonly hung out around the top of the tank, but the last week before his demise he was around the middle. I just think something startled him - but what?? who knows...

[ShAgMaN]

Why dont you use that screen to prevent them from jumping out of the tank? If you look hard enough you will see that just about every fish will jump for one reason or another.

The screen seems like it would be a pain - get dirty and kill the rimless look. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to put another fish in danger..and I agree, just about any fish can jump. I might keep it basically fishless and just add some inverts - maybe a mandarin to eat pods and add nutrients for the zoas's.

[ErikH]

Clowns tend to host in corners near the tops of tanks when they are not hosting in something. No idea why, but they do seem to like corners alot.

[Third Coast Tropical]

The screen seems like it would be a pain - get dirty and kill the rimless look. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to put another fish in danger..and I agree, just about any fish can jump. I might keep it basically fishless and just add some inverts - maybe a mandarin to eat pods and add nutrients for the zoas's.

I have had a mandarin jump before,.....I think it was due to my rabbitfish though...just saying though

[ZeroHour]

I had a 3 year old green mandarin jump and he was the only inhabitant other than some stars, hermits and corals...I had trained him on frozen etc. Could not believe it.

[Mike]

We have also had a mandarin jump... fish are just suicidal. We have had several fish jump straight up through our eggcrate tops and other jump and manage to hit the tiniest spot to go carpet surfing... :(

[ShAgMaN]

Well, I decided to put a super small butterfly in my frag tank, and so far so good. He's a beaute, and is eating and doing swell. He came from a dive I went on which makes him extra special.